Skavau@piefed.social to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoReddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problemwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkReddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problemwww.engadget.comSkavau@piefed.social to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
Steve Huffman, Reddit’s CEO, said that using biometrics is the “most lightweight way” to verify that it’s a human.
minus-squarerozodru@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoit’s not a bot problem. Reddit NEEDS the bots in order to survive. the Problem is that for its advertisers it needs to verify that the ads being served are actually being seeing by humans. that’s it.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoHonestly, at this point it’s probably the vast majority of their user base.
it’s not a bot problem. Reddit NEEDS the bots in order to survive. the Problem is that for its advertisers it needs to verify that the ads being served are actually being seeing by humans. that’s it.
Honestly, at this point it’s probably the vast majority of their user base.
I agree.